Sediments and Water Interactions: Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Interactions Between Sediments and Water, held in Geneva, Switzerland, August 27–31, 1984

Front Matter....Pages i-xxi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Particulate and Dissolved Materials in the Rio Negro-Amazon Basin....Pages 3-12
Sediments as a Record of the Input Dispersal and Settling Processes in a Coastal Marine Environment....Pages 13-25
High Natural Content of Uranium in the Upper Rhône and Lake Geneva (Switzerland)....Pages 27-34
The Swedish Coastal Zone Project: Sediment Types and Morphometry....Pages 35-51
The Influence of Sediments on the Nutrient Status of DeGray Lake, Arkansas....Pages 53-62
Hydromechanic Aspects of Contaminated Sediment Transport in Fluvial Systems....Pages 63-68
Front Matter....Pages 69-69
Momence Wetland: Influence on Sediment and Water....Pages 71-77
Basin Response to Detergent-Phosphorus Control in Southern Ontario....Pages 79-90
Mass-Balance and Transfer Mechanisms of Phosphorus in a Rural Watershed of Lac Leman, France....Pages 91-102
Front Matter....Pages 103-103
A Comparative Study of the Partitioning of Certain Metals in Sediments From Four Near-Shore Environments of the Aquitaine Coast (Southwest France)....Pages 105-124
The Use of Sediments as Indicators of Point and Diffuse Source Pollution....Pages 125-132
Interstitial Ion Concentrations as an Indicator of Phosphorus Release and Mineral Formation in Lake Sediments....Pages 133-147
The Fractional Composition of Phosphorus in Lake Sediments of Different Characteristics....Pages 149-155
Geochemical Trends in Sediments From 13 Italian Subalpine Lakes....Pages 157-165
Depth Profiles of Cu, Cr, and Zn in Lake Orta Sediments (Northern Italy)....Pages 167-174
A Speciation Study of Phosphorus in the Interstitial Water of Lake Geneva (Switzerland)....Pages 175-180
Front Matter....Pages 181-181
Radionuclide Cycling in Natural Waters: Relevance of Scavenging Kinetics....Pages 183-191
Modelling Water Quality of Lake Heenvliet in Relation to Planned Disposal of Harbor Sludge....Pages 193-208
Modelling Radionuclide Transport Between Lake Water and Sediments....Pages 209-227
Particle-Based Lake Model for Calculating Dose Commitment....Pages 229-241
Front Matter....Pages 181-181
Lake Oxygen Model 1: Modelling Sediment Water Transport of Ammonia, Nitrate, and Oxygen....Pages 243-250
Lake Oxygen Model 2: Simulation of Nitrification and Denitrification in Hamilton Harbor Using Laboratory Data....Pages 251-264
Lake Oxygen Model 3: Simulation of Ammonia, Nitrate, and Oxygen in Hamilton Harbor (1977–1978)....Pages 265-288
Calculation of Nutrient Fluxes Across the Sediment-Water Interface in Shallow Lakes....Pages 289-301
Front Matter....Pages 303-303
Early Diagenesis of Organic Matter in the Recent Sediments of Lake Erie and Hamilton Harbor....Pages 305-318
The Effects of Sediment-Bound Heavy Metals on Algae and Importance of Salinity....Pages 319-324
Cycling of Organic Carbon in a Coastal Marine System....Pages 325-330
Abiological Controls on Silica in Chalk Streams and Groundwaters....Pages 331-342
Early Sediment Changes and Element Mobilization in a Man-made Estuarine Marsh....Pages 343-351
Behavior of Some Metals in Surfîcial Sediments of the Northwest Mediterranean Continental Shelf....Pages 353-370
Mobility of Heavy Metals in Dredged Harbor Sediments....Pages 371-380
Effect of Oxyhydrate Coatings on the Binding Energy of Metals by Clay Minerals....Pages 381-385
Nitrate as a Catalyst for Phosphorus Mobilization in Sediments....Pages 387-389
Available Phosphorus in the Sediments of Eight Lakes in the Netherlands....Pages 391-398
The Transport Mechanisms and Phase Interactions of Bioavailable Heavy Metals in Snowmelt Runoff....Pages 399-406
Sediment Toxicity and Production-Biomass Relationships of Size-Fractionated Phytoplankton During On-Site Simulated Dredging Experiments in a Contaminated Pond....Pages 407-426
Phosphorus Exchange Between Sediment and Water in Lake Balaton....Pages 427-435
Radionuclides as Tracers for Sedimentation and Remobilization Processes in the Ocean and in Lakes....Pages 437-449
The Role of Lake Water in Enhancing Sorption of Phosphorus by Stream Particulates....Pages 451-459
Direct Effects and Interactions Involving Iron and Humic Acid During Formation of Colloidal Phosphorus....Pages 461-470
Front Matter....Pages 471-471
The Field Verification Program: A Five Year Effort to Evaluate Disposal of Dredged Material in the Ocean and Alternate Locations....Pages 473-477
Front Matter....Pages 479-479
Settling Flux and Sinking Velocities of Particulate Phosphorus (PP) and Particulate Organic Carbon (POC) in Lake Zug, Switzerland....Pages 481-490
 210 Pb Fluxes in Acidified Lakes....Pages 491-499
 210 Pb in Lake Kinneret Waters and Sediments: Residence Times and Fluxes....Pages 501-511
Back Matter....Pages 513-521